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Eflin...
“I think it’s awesome,” he said. “To me, they feel a little softer and you can definitely notice the seams a little more. Last year, it was like throwing a cue ball.”
https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/phillies/zach-eflin-mlb-new-baseballs-grip
He's just one guy. Anyone else?

Two for you, one stat guy and one scout guy.
Stat guy:
-Daulton Jefferies, P - Oak - Give me the guy with the ZIPS WHIP projection of 1.16 which ranks tied for the 17th-21st best WHIP in all of MLB with established MLB starters David Price, Mike Soroka and Carlos Carrasco (min 10 GS). Let that sink in, he's projected to be a top 20 WHIP starting MLB pitcher right now, which is a scoring category in almost every league. I get why he doesn't rank on prospect list, he small (6'0'') and he's a tj guy, but these under the radar value prospects quickly become personal favorites when I come across them and he's the latest example. Looks like he will start the year in AAA.
Scout guy:
-Luis Medina, P - NYY - Plus plus fastball, plus change and plus slider with zero control. Here is game log from his last 8 starts of 2019:
7-11: 1bb - 10 k in 6.0 ip (A)
7-17: 0bb - 7 k in 6.0 ip (A)
7-24: 4bb - 7 k in 5.2 ip (A)
7-31: 4bb - 10 k in 5.1 ip (A)
8-6: 2bb - 7 k in 5.0 ip (A)
8-13: 1bb - 10 k in 7.0 ip (A)
8-20: 1bb - 8 k in 5.0 ip (A+)
8-26: 2bb - 4 k in 5.2 ip (A+)
Something changed and supposedly it wasn't mechanical, so mentally he figured out how to throw strikes. If these control gains stick, I'm giving him through April and May to find out and monitoring his spring training closely as he's on the 40-man, then he looks like a top 5 pitching prospect in baseball. Luckily, he's under arguably the best pitching development organization in all of baseball. I'm extremely bullish here, maybe unreasonably so, but if I had one bet for a player to go from 150-200 ranked prospect to top 10, it's him.

Judging the hit tool. Alex Chamberlain's piece on combining the tightness of a hitters launch angle and their exit velocity.
From the piece, "If J.D. Martinez isn’t the best pure hitter in baseball, then “Michael Tauchman” is. For real, Mike Tauchman always possessed an above-average hit tool, long before he ever developed power. (He used to be a speedy high-average guy!) It’s reassuring, then, to see how well he graded out here. My love for him knows no bounds."
https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/lets-talk-about-launch-angle-tightness/

Was listening to sleeper in the bust and I'm pretty sure Jason Mason stated that their was a tweet by MLB stating that the ball would be different for the playoffs. Maybe it wasn't a MLB tweet (not sure, going off hearsay, maybe someone else quoting mlb), I'm not trying to find the podcast where it was said, but I think this is known (could be wrong though).

Nah. You should really state your league type when making a blanket statement like this.
In head to head, he's a first round pick. No different than Ryan Howard, Prince Fielder and Ortiz back in the day. Sb's are too unpredictable, oh and you can punt that.

-Yordan's expected BABIP is .336 and HR/FB is 29.6% based on batted ball data.
https://fantasy.fangraphs.com/yordan-alvarez-is-insane/
-As of today, Yordan has a 181 wRC+. That's the best hitter in baseball in the best lineup in baseball. Trout is second with a 179 wRC+.